A very special event at The Guildhall on Thursday 15th November 2012 will honour the members of 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF who protected the skies over Exeter during the Second World War.
Michael Parrott, who is a 'Friend of Higher Cemetery', was researching the history of the Cemetery's two chapels when he was shown a wooden memorial to a 307 Pilot tucked away on the wall of an unused corner of one of the chapels.
He managed to obtain a translation of the memorial dedicated to Kazimierz Jaworksi and this led to further research on the night fighter squadron that...
The two winners of this year’s Face of Princesshay competition have been announced after a glamorous finale evening at Exeter’s Thistle hotel.
Lucy Nicholson and Ashley Knight made it to the very end of the contest, which started in Princesshay in September with hundreds of entrants, and were awarded the coveted titles in front of a packed room of guests on Saturday night, including the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Percy Prowse, on Saturday night.
Lucy is studying for a BTEC in Beauty and Ashley works at Princesshay’s Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge...
Commuters in the South West spend the equivalent of five working weeks travelling to and from work every year, according to a TUC survey released today.
TUC analysis of figures from the Labour Force Survey, which compares pre-recession commute times (2006) with the most recent available figures (2012), shows men in the region spend an average of 53.4 minutes a day commuting (an increase of 1.6% over six years), while women spend an average of 41.2 minutes (an increase of 0.4%). This works out at 4.45 hours a week, or 195.8 hours a year – the equivalent of five working weeks....
Some people in Exeter who are currently exempt from paying council tax will probably have to pay a small monthly charge next year.
The government has decided to abolish the council tax benefit scheme that supports residents on a low income to pay their council tax bill.
Instead, the responsibility for providing that support will transfer to local councils beginning next April. The cut in government funding means Exeter will need to save over £1 million in the first year alone.
Everyone, apart from pensioners (who are protected by law), will have to pay something...
A Bristol-based sealant specialist has employed a new contracts manager to lead the company’s expansion in the South West of England, which will include a new office in Exeter.
Joe Prowse, who is originally from Torquay, has been taken on by S&D Sealants, who specialise in the supply and fit of sealants and mastics to the construction trade across England, Scotland and Wales.
Mr Prowse has over 15 years’ experience in the mastics industry and will be responsible for building recognition of the S&D brand and winning new clients for the company. He...
The amount of money lost to doorstep crime in parts of the West Country has doubled during the past two years, according to new figures.
Council trading standards teams in Devon, Torbay, North Somerset and Poole and have reported increases in complaints from residents about rogue traders.
In Devon just over £50,000 was reported to be lost to doorstep crime in 2010, whereas the figure this year is already almost £100,000.
However, these figures are just an indication of the actual amount of money people have lost, which is undoubtedly far...
Sweeping changes to the benefits system, due to come into force next year, could see a rise in the number children being taken into care and more homeless people in Exeter, according to charities and welfare organisations in the city.
Earlier this year the Government announced a series of reforms designed to target those avoiding work because benefits are more lucrative for them.
However at a summit of Exeter groups last week, concerns were expressed that the some of the changes will affect the most vulnerable.
Police have reported that a 16-year-old girl from Exeter was savagely beaten in Ottery St Mary following the recent tar barrels event on Monday 5th November.
The girl is said to have been involved in an altercation with a group of females earlier in the evening, and was grabbed from behind by a male while she was taking a shortcut near Broad Street. The male, who it seems was a stranger to her, covered her mouth and eyes and then pushed her to the ground and kicked in the head and back. He was then joined by a group of females who continued kicking her until she started...
Exeter-based band Casitas are celebrating after scooping Best Music Video 2012 at the South West Music Awards.
The video was produced by first time director Felix McCabe, 19, who also took the pictures that make up the band's EP artwork.
The band is composed of Barnaby Bowles-Bray (lead vocals, keyboard), Felix Bush (lead guitar), Jack Knox (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), James Lapraik (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Edmund Wiilkinson on drums.
Their latest single, 'Places In Dreams' follows the current trend of incorporating a more...
Remembrance Day is a time to pause, to reflect on the conflicts that have led to so many fine young men and women losing their lives, and to those still fighting to maintain a world order for the good of others.
But it is also to highlight to those who did not live throught the First and Second World Wars the sacrifices that were made to ensure we live in the free society that we enjoy today. Yesterday the great and the good of Exeter gathered around Cathedral Green and process through the city to pay their respects to lost and service men and women of the armed forces.
